Thief gets 5 years in prison for store robbery

Published: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 09:33 AM.

A man was sentenced to several years in prison after pleading guilty last week to a Kings Mountain store robbery.

Germinique Stephon Ross, 21, pleaded guilty to robbery with a dangerous weapon and was sentenced to four to five years in prison for an incident that occurred Sept. 27, 2012.

Assistant District Attorney Paul Ditz said Ross went into Kings Mountain Groceries and pointed a small pistol at the clerk and demanded money. The clerk gave him the contents of the cash register, which was about $164, and his Blackberry cell phone, according to Ditz.

“After officers responded, a K-9 officer tracked with his dog to the location of Mr. Ross,” Ditz wrote in an email. “Mr. Ross fled on foot and was apprehended by the officers and was found in possession of the money and the cell phone.”

Ditz wrote that Ross gave a full confession to the crime when questioned by police.

He was sentenced to four to five years in prison, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

A man was sentenced to several years in prison after pleading guilty last week to a Kings Mountain store robbery.

Germinique Stephon Ross, 21, pleaded guilty to robbery with a dangerous weapon and was sentenced to four to five years in prison for an incident that occurred Sept. 27, 2012.

Assistant District Attorney Paul Ditz said Ross went into Kings Mountain Groceries and pointed a small pistol at the clerk and demanded money. The clerk gave him the contents of the cash register, which was about $164, and his Blackberry cell phone, according to Ditz.

“After officers responded, a K-9 officer tracked with his dog to the location of Mr. Ross,” Ditz wrote in an email. “Mr. Ross fled on foot and was apprehended by the officers and was found in possession of the money and the cell phone.”

Ditz wrote that Ross gave a full confession to the crime when questioned by police.

He was sentenced to four to five years in prison, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

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